Ruby File Mv

Parent directory is world writable including tmp.

Ruby file mv.

For this we ll use fileutils mv which takes two arguments the file name and the destination we want to move it to. If you are moving across partitions mv will copy the file to new destination and unlink the source path. Fileutils ruby 2 7 1. Copies a file system entry src to dest if src is a directory this method copies its contents recursively.

Nil private moves file s src to dest. This method preserves file types c f. Rm r causes security hole when. Well i found two answers.

This method removes a file system entry path path shall be a regular file a directory or something. The first one way simpler and the one i m going to use is just using file rename from to. This method preserves file types c f. Copies a file system entry src to dest if src is a directory this method copies its contents recursively.

To get the original name of the file the tempfile object that down returns has an original filename method we can use. If file and dest exist on the different disk partition the file is copied then the original file is removed. Fileutils ruby 2 4 1. I ve got a ruby script that s taking.

I ve got a folder full of various coffeescript sass html and xml files. This method is required to avoid tocttou time of check to time of use local security vulnerability of rm r. Usr bin env ruby require fileutils fileutils mv tmp your file opt new location your file remember. This is weird and i can t figure out for the life of me why it s doing it this way.

The second solution a bit more complicated for the simple and one use action i wanted to do is to add the fileutils module to your scripts then use fileutils mv from to.